Patents by Inventor Eddy Giing-Lii Chen
Eddy Giing-Lii Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9129573Abstract: An image display system and method. A pixel of the system has a latch circuit and a display circuit. According to a scan line signal, the latch circuit receives and temporarily stores a data line signal. The display circuit works according to a reset signal and a set signal. According to the reset signal, the display circuit resets a voltage level of a control terminal of liquid crystal materials of the pixel. According to the set signal, the display circuit receives the data line signal stored in the latch circuit, to adjust the control terminal of the liquid crystal materials and thereby the liquid crystal materials are rotated and the expected image of the pixel is displayed accordingly. The active interval of the reset signal is arranged after a last scan line signal is disabled and prior to the enabling of the set signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventor: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen
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Patent number: 8860768Abstract: A display device includes a gray scale value counting module, a ratio generating module, a first sub-frame function module, a second sub-frame function module, and a display panel. The gray scale value counting module is configured for generating a gray scale value counting signal according to image data of each frame. The ratio generating module is configured for generating a ratio value signal according to the gray scale value counting signal. The first and second sub-frame function module are configured for generating first sub-frame image data and second sub-frame image data according to the ratio value signal and the image data respectively. The display panel is configured for displaying a first sub-frame image and a second sub-frame image according to the first and second sub-frame image data. A method for driving a display device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sheng-Tien Cho
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Patent number: 8497887Abstract: A display driving unit used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) stores two ? curves. When the LCD displays images, the display driving unit determines the luminance of the image in a first sub-period for displaying the image according to the gray level of the image and the first ? curve, and determines the luminance of the image in a second sub-period for displaying the image according to the gray level of the image and the second ? curve. The LCD displays the image in the luminance determined according to the gray level of the image and the first ? curve in the first sub-period and displays the image in the luminance determined according to the gray level of the image and the second ? curve in the second sub-period.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Sheng-Tien Cho, Eddy Giing-Lii Chen
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Patent number: 8451285Abstract: A method for improving motion blur and contour shadow of a display displaying images having a number of frames includes transforming a second average gray scale into a third average gray scale when a first average gray scale for displaying a first frame is unequal to the second average gray scale for displaying a second frame. A luminance corresponding to the second frame is generated according to the third average gray scale and at least one luminance query table. The third average gray scale is greater than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale or less than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Chimei InnoLux CorporationInventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Kuo-Feng Li, Sheng-Tien Cho, Tien-Feng Chiang, Kai-Chieh Chan, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20120262638Abstract: Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display, including a liquid crystal display and a patterned retarder color filter structure disposed on the outside of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display has a left eye image control region and a right eye image control region. The patterned retarder color filter structure has a right eye image retarder region substantially vertically aligning with the right eye image control region, and a left eye image retarder region substantially vertically aligning with the left eye image control region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION, INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Eddy Giing-Lii CHEN
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Publication number: 20120223942Abstract: An image display system and method. A pixel of the system has a latch circuit and a display circuit. According to a scan line signal, the latch circuit receives and temporarily stores a data line signal. The display circuit works according to a reset signal and a set signal. According to the reset signal, the display circuit resets a voltage level of a control terminal of liquid crystal materials of the pixel. According to the set signal, the display circuit receives the data line signal stored in the latch circuit, to adjust the control terminal of the liquid crystal materials and thereby the liquid crystal materials are rotated and the expected image of the pixel is displayed accordingly. The active interval of the reset signal is arranged after a last scan line signal is disabled and prior to the enabling of the set signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventor: Eddy Giing-Lii CHEN
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Patent number: 8188959Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a frame buffer (41), a frame rate conversion circuit (42), a data divider (43), and a data driver (44). The frame buffer is configured for doubling a frame rate of inputted signals. The frame rate conversion circuit is configured for reducing a bit number of signals. The frame rate conversion circuit includes a first and a second look up table. The first look up table converts a gray level of one of the sub-frames into a higher gray level corresponding to signals with the lower bit number. The second look up table is configured for converting a gray level of the other sub-frame into a lower gray level corresponding to signals with the lower bit number. The data divider is configured for transmitting the signals to the data driver in several buses. The data driver drives the liquid crystal display to display images.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen
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Patent number: 8054268Abstract: An exemplary LCD includes a frame memory configured for receiving a plurality of first gradations of current frame and outputting a plurality of second gradations of preceding frame pre-stored therein; a comparator configured for receiving, comparing the first gradations with the second gradation to generate a comparison result; a luminance detector configured for detecting a luminance degree of each of pixel according to the gradations of current frame; a calculator configured for calculating a complication degree of a picture to be displayed in current frame; and a gradation processor configured for receiving the first gradations of current frame to be displayed on the LCD panel, generating a plurality of pairs of compensating gradations according to the gradation of each pixel, and selecting one pair of the compensating gradations to be outputted to the LCD panel according to a received comparison result, a received luminance degree, and a received complication degree.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Patent number: 8013829Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (301), a data circuit (303), and a black insertion controller (305). The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixels (330). The black insertion controller receives a display signal of the pixel, and generates a black insertion control signal according to an address of the pixel, and the data circuit drives the pixel to display one of a black image unit and a normal image unit according to the black insertion control signal in a first sub-frame period of a frame period. The displayed black image unit of the pixel or the displayed normal image unit is converted into a normal image unit or a black image unit in a second sub-frame period of the frame period. A method for driving the liquid crystal display is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20110148947Abstract: A display device includes a gray scale value counting module, a ratio generating module, a first sub-frame function module, a second sub-frame function module, and a display panel. The gray scale value counting module is configured for generating a gray scale value counting signal according to image data of each frame. The ratio generating module is configured for generating a ratio value signal according to the gray scale value counting signal. The first and second sub-frame function module are configured for generating first sub-frame image data and second sub-frame image data according to the ratio value signal and the image data respectively. The display panel is configured for displaying a first sub-frame image and a second sub-frame image according to the first and second sub-frame image data. A method for driving a display device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: EDDY GIING-LII CHEN, SHENG-TIEN CHO
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Publication number: 20110134088Abstract: A liquid crystal display comprises a data driver, a scanning driver, and a pixel matrix. The pixel matrix is driven by the data driver and scanning driver, and the pixel matrix comprises a plurality of first pixels positioned in non-polarity reversed rows and a plurality of second pixels positioned in polarity reversed rows. The data driver provides a first gray level voltage signal for the first pixels, and provides a second gray level voltage signal for the second pixels. The second gray level voltage signal includes a first sub-gray level voltage and a second sub-gray level voltage which are sequentially outputted to the second pixels. An absolute value of the first sub-gray level voltage is greater than that of the second sub-gray level voltage, and the absolute value of the second sub-gray level voltage is the same with that of the first gray level voltage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: SZ-HSIAO CHEN, EDDY GIING-LII CHEN, KAI-CHIEH CHAN
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Publication number: 20110063320Abstract: A method for improving motion blur and contour shadow of a display displaying images having a number of frames includes transforming a second average gray scale into a third average gray scale when a first average gray scale for displaying a first frame is unequal to the second average gray scale for displaying a second frame. A luminance corresponding to the second frame is generated according to the third average gray scale and at least one luminance query table. The third average gray scale is greater than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale or less than the first average gray scale and the second average gray scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Kuo-Feng Li, Sheng-Tien Cho, Tien-Feng Chiang, Kai-Chieh Chan, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20100321415Abstract: A display driving unit used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) stores two ? curves. When the LCD displays images, the display driving unit determines the luminance of the image in a first sub-period for displaying the image according to the gray level of the image and the first ? curve, and determines the luminance of the image in a second sub-period for displaying the image according to the gray level of the image and the second ? curve. The LCD displays the image in the luminance determined according to the gray level of the image and the first ? curve in the first sub-period and displays the image in the luminance determined according to the gray level of the image and the second ? curve in the second sub-period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: SHENG-TIEN CHO, EDDY GIING-LII CHEN
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Patent number: 7804471Abstract: An exemplary driving circuit (250) of an LCD (200) includes: gate lines (210) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a first direction; data lines (202) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction; a gate driving circuit (210) connected to the gate lines; a data driving circuit (220) connected to the data lines; and a pre-charging voltage circuit (240). The pre-charging voltage circuit is configured to provide a pre-charging voltage to each of the data lines before the gate driving circuit scans the gate lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignees: Innocom Technology (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Chimel Innolux CorporationInventors: Man-Fai Ieong, Sz-Hsiao Chen, Eddy Giing-Lii Chen
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Patent number: 7746309Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display device (1) includes a first substrate (3), a second substrate (2) facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer (4) sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a plurality of scan lines (11); a plurality of first and second parallel data lines (12, 22) orthogonal to the scan lines; a plurality of first and second thin film transistors (14, 24), positioned near a crossing of a corresponding scan line and a corresponding first data line, respectively; a plurality of first and second pixel electrodes (15, 25) electrically coupled to the first and second thin film transistors, respectively; a plurality of first and second static display units (19, 29) for providing voltage to the first and second pixel electrodes in a static display mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Innolux Display Corp.Inventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20100103086Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a display area. The display area includes a first scanning line, two second scanning lines, and a number of pixel units arranged in two rows and a number of columns. The number of columns include a number of first columns and a number of second columns arranged alternately. The pixel units arranged in the number of first columns are controlled via the first scanning line, and the two pixel units arranged in each of the number of second columns are controlled via the two second scanning lines correspondingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Shuo-Ting Yan, Chih-Hao Chen, Wen Hsiung Liu, Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Tsau-Hua Hsieh
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Patent number: 7675496Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (600) includes a liquid crystal panel, a scanning driving circuit (61), a compensation circuit (68), a control circuit (67), and a signal line driving circuit (62). The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a plurality of scanning lines (63) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines (64) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The scanning driving circuit is connected to the scanning lines, and continuously scans the same scanning lines twice in a frame time. The compensation circuit generates first signals. The control circuit generates gradation signals corresponding to the second frame image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Innolux Display Corp.Inventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen, Tsau-Hua Hsieh
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Publication number: 20090002360Abstract: An exemplary LCD includes a frame memory configured for receiving a plurality of first gradations of current frame and outputting a plurality of second gradations of preceding frame pre-stored therein; a comparator configured for receiving, comparing the first gradations with the second gradation to generate a comparison result; a luminance detector configured for detecting a luminance degree of each of pixel according to the gradations of current frame; a calculator configured for calculating a complication degree of a picture to be displayed in current frame; and a gradation processor configured for receiving the first gradations of current frame to be displayed on the LCD panel, generating a plurality of pairs of compensating gradations according to the gradation of each pixel, and selecting one pair of the compensating gradations to be outputted to the LCD panel according to a received comparison result, a received luminance degree, and a received complication degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20080204433Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (301), a data circuit (303), and a black insertion controller (305). The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixels (330). The black insertion controller receives a display signal of the pixel, and generates a black insertion control signal according to an address of the pixel, and the data circuit drives the pixel to display one of a black image unit and a normal image unit according to the black insertion control signal in a first sub-frame period of a frame period. The displayed black image unit of the pixel or the displayed normal image unit is converted into a normal image unit or a black image unit in a second sub-frame period of the frame period. A method for driving the liquid crystal display is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen, Sz-Hsiao Chen
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Publication number: 20080170021Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a frame buffer (41), a frame rate conversion circuit (42), a data divider (43), and a data driver (44). The frame buffer is configured for doubling a frame rate of inputted signals. The frame rate conversion circuit is configured for reducing a bit number of signals. The frame rate conversion circuit includes a first and a second look up table. The first look up table converts a gray level of one of the sub-frames into a higher gray level corresponding to signals with the lower bit number. The second look up table is configured for converting a gray level of the other sub-frame into a lower gray level corresponding to signals with the lower bit number. The data divider is configured for transmitting the signals to the data driver in several buses. The data driver drives the liquid crystal display to display images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventor: Eddy Giing-Lii Chen